Delhi’s date with blogging

Here’s your chance to meet and interact with some of the Capital’s most interesting bloggers at a unique meet in the city

If you are an avid blogger, you would surely enjoy meeting other people in Delhi with a similar interest. The fifth edition of the Delhi Bloggers Meet, which is scheduled to take place on December 11, is one such platform where the city’s blogging community can get together to discuss the latest in the blogosphere. This year, the meet promises to be the biggest that the Capital has ever hosted.

The organiser of the event, IndiBlogger, which has so far done 45 blogger meets across India, is expecting more than 200 bloggers who write on technology, society, lifestyle, business, politics, sports, science and more.

"A bloggers meet is a gathering of bloggers who come from various parts of the city or even the country to meet each other and network. The energy during the bloggers meet is resonated from a range of activities and engaging games, which appeal to the bloggers. This would be the 46th such meet in India," says Vineet Rajan, director of IndiBlogger.

The Delhi blogosphere has evolved in the past few years, making the Capital the region with the maximum number of bloggers. “The bloggers in Delhi are surely very active. It is also the region which has the most number of bloggers in India, followed by Bangalore and Mumbai. Even when it comes to influencing Delhi, bloggers top the charts,” says Rajan, who has been blogging about travel, biking and adventure for nine years now.

The gathering, which will be quite informal, will see a number of bloggers from all around the Capital come together, interact and meet in person. “Blogging has been the new radio, the new popular voice for quite a while now. With the bloggers fraternity meeting in Delhi, we are finally reconciling ourselves to this form of media, which is a favourite with this generation that has loud voices and bold opinions,” says Sarthak Prakash, 24, a student at IIT Delhi and a keen blogger.

The event will see a range of activities such as 30 seconds of fame, where the bloggers get to introduce themselves and share interesting things, engagement activities, games, debates, a networking session called Live and Let Comment, and forum discussions on various topics.

“The meet has activities for everyone. The session Live and Let comment will be more of an ice breaker and a networking event. Bloggers scribble on each other’s chart papers, which they can take back with them,” says Rajan.

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